Tradition Research

Quarterland

A Quarterland or Ceathramh was a land measurement. It was used mainly in the west and north.

It was supposed to be equivalent to eight fourpennylands, roughly equivalent to a quarter of a markland. However in Islay, a quarterland was equivalent to a quarter of an ounceland. Half of a quarterland would be an ochdamh(ie.one-eighth), and in Islay a quarter of a quarterland a leothras (ie.one-sixteenth). Really? Seriously? As a math dyslexic, my eyes are already crossing….